Alcatraz Island of Change Author:James P. Delgado Alcatraz the island has a history much longer than the years its famous prison was in operation, and this 48-page book traces more than a hundred years of island history -- as a fort, as a military prison, and finally as the "inescapable" federal penitentiary that housed such notorious criminals as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Rob... more »ert "Birdman" Stroud. The island is now part of a national park and visited by nearly one million curious people each year.« less